Business Sustainability

Goddard School of Business & Economics

The John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics prepares you to succeed in the rapidly advancing world of business. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Each program provides a strong foundation for your business career.

Our classes are small. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find smaller classes or a better student/faculty ratio anywhere in the nation. Our faculty members love to teach and to work closely with our students. As a result, corporations have a high opinion of Goddard School students and the education they receive here.

H.B. 142 was enacted in 2013 to require a study and economic analysis of the proposed land transfer of 31.2 million acres currently managed by the federal government to the state of Utah. A collaborative study between three state universities: the University of Utah, Bureau of Economic and Business Research; Utah State University; and Weber State University provides information about the current uses of land, the economic effects and noneconomic benefits of those uses, and the ramifications and impacts to the state assuming the lands are transferred. It also describes the programs and budgets of, and revenues generated by, the federal agencies that now manage the lands. Click here to learn more.

Weber Entrepreneurs Association is Born

Weber Entrepreneurs Association is Born

In 2004 the future of Weber State University and its entrepreneurial minded students changed forever. That was the summer that Brian McDonald, a student in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics, approached the dean with the idea of creating an "entrepreneurship club." Brian's vision was to create a place where students could be exposed to entrepreneurial ventures and ideas while attending classes at Weber State University.

When classes started again in August 2004, Brian didn't have a lot to offer other than pizza, promises and a place for entrepreneurial minded students to gather, but it was enough to recruit a dozen talented and ambitious leaders to help lay the foundation for the WEA. The students worked hard to recruit others, and before Brian and his friends knew it the WEA had doubled in size. The WEA formed an advisory board, organized networking meetings, and worked with local entrepreneurs to create scholarship opportunities for students at Weber State University. A local venture capital firm also approached Brian with the idea of using WEA students to screen and perform due diligence for start-ups seeking funding. Before he knew it, Brian was helping the WEA screen hundreds of business proposals for Grow Utah Ventures.

Almost ten years later the WEA is still screening business proposals and identifying funding worthy start-ups for Grow Utah Ventures. This practical, hands-on experience, has helped students utilize the management, marketing and finance skills they have learned in the classroom. WEA club members are also constantly exposed to what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and encouraged to apply what they have learned to their own business ideas.

Many have found incredible success. WEA members have competed in business plan competitions like Opportunity Quest, they have gone through training programs with business accelerators, and they have gone on to great careers in accounting, business, finance and sales.

The Weber Entrepreneurs Association is more than just pizza, promises and a place to gather. It - like many great businesses - started as a great idea that evolved in to an organization that adds value to Weber State University.